Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each of the last five years on (a) television, (b) poster, (c) radio, (d) newsprint and (e) other advertising.

Stephen Ladyman: Specific publicity costs are available only for the categories noted in the following table:
	
		
			 £000 
			  TV Radio Press Other(5) 
		
		
			 2001–02 1,603 726 1,773 1,926 
			 2002–03 2,192 1,734 2,837 1,303 
			 2003–04 4,674 997 2,295 2,211 
			 2004–05 3,287 1,590 3,158 1,335 
			 2005–06 (current forecast)(6) 4,724 1 ,494 919 1,130 
		
	
	(5) The other category includes online advertising and outdoor advertising i.e. buses, bill boards etc.
	(6) The current forecast for 2005 includes 11 months actuals and one month's forecast.

Lead Organ Pipes

David Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the EU Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment on pipe organ (a) building and (b) maintenance; and if he will make a statement.

Malcolm Wicks: There is no impact on pipe organ building or maintenance arsing from the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.

Royal Ordnance Establishments (Chemical Licences)

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether long-term contracts have been signed for the supply of (a) high explosives, (b) Boxen caps, (c) initiators and (d) other products made at (i) Royal Ordnance Chorley and (ii) Royal Ordnance Bridgwater; and what guarantee of security and supply is required in such cases.

Adam Ingram: The supply of general munitions to the Ministry of Defence is covered by a Framework Partnering Agreement with BAES Land Systems. Under the terms of this agreement, which will remain in force until 2010, the company are responsible for maintaining security of supply.
	Boxer Caps are currently produced and supplied through BAES Land Systems contracts with ATK and RUAG. Under restructuring arrangements currently being implemented, the supply of other items produced at the Bridgwater and Chorley sites will either transfer to BAES Land Systems' Glascoed facility, or they will be outsourced. Negotiations between BAES Land Systems and potential alternative suppliers are ongoing.

Princess Diana Memorial Fountain

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 15 February 2006, Official Report, column 2090W, on the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain, how much has been spent by (a) her Department and (b) public bodies for which it is responsible on (i) security, (ii) cleaning, (iii) repair, (iv) refurbishment and (v) other costs in relation to the fountain in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.

Tessa Jowell: Details of expenditure by The Royal Parks, an Executive Agency of DCMS are shown in the table. The costs of security, cleaning and repair are met by The Royal Parks from their operational budget. The expenditure on refurbishment was partially funded by a contribution from DCMS of £150,000 in 2004–05 and £150,000 in 2005–06. It is not possible to show DCMS' expenditure monthly.
	Security and cleaning services are provided by the same contractor and cannot be separated. Other costs include utilities, landscape maintenance, fencing and consultancy fees:
	
		
			 £ 
			  Security and cleaning Repair Refurbishment Other costs 
		
		
			 2005 
			 March 0 0 169,822 3,300 
			 April 0 0 339,884 953 
			 May 12,119 0 15,910 3,441 
			 June 9,055 0 116,590 6,524 
			 July 10,554 0 3,244 11,866 
			 August 12,485 0 505 8,208 
			 September 9,191 0 2,229 4,894 
			 October 9,955 0 28,007 4,568 
			 November 5,345 0 0 16,788 
			 December 4,295 0 964 175,696 
			 2006 
			 January 6,780 0 0 2,529 
			 February 4,385 0 0 4,944

Dentistry

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists were available to NHS patients in North Yorkshire on 1 April 2005; and how many she expects to be available on the date on which the new dentist's contract is implemented.

Liam Byrne: As at 31 March 2005, there were 629 national health service dentists with a general dental services (CDS) or personal dental services (PDS) contract within the North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire strategic health authority (SHA) area. Data as at 1 April 2005 is not readily available.
	A dentist with a GDS or PDS contract may provide as little or as much NHS treatment as he or she chooses or has agreed with their primary care trust. Information concerning the amount of time dedicated to NHS work by individual GDS or PDS dentists is not centrally available.
	The new dental contract will be introduced on 1 April 2006. Information on the number of NHS dentists signed up to the new contract is therefore not yet available.
	Notes:
	Data includes all notifications of dentists joining or leaving the CDS or PDS, received by the Dental Practice Board, up to 5 July 2005. Figures for the numbers of dentists at specified dates may vary depending upon the notification period, for example, data with a later notification period will include more recent notifications of dentists joining or leaving the CDS or PDS.
	Dentists consist of principals, assistants and trainees. Prison contracts have been excluded. The postcode of the dental practice was used to allocate dentists to specific geographic areas. SNA areas have been defined using the Office for National Statistics all fields postcode directory.
	Data on the number of dentists working only in private practice is not held centrally.

Invalidity Benefit

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many recipients of invalidity benefit had their benefit reduced in each of the last five years; for what reasons in each case; and if he will make a statement.

Anne McGuire: Invalidity benefit was replaced by incapacity benefit in April 1995. There are a number of reasons why an award of incapacity benefit may be reduced. These include where a claimant has occupational pension income above £85 per week, where a claimant starts work which is not within the permitted work limits where a claimant's spouse's earnings increase to a point which extinguishes entitlement to an adult dependency increase, where a claimant is in hospital and where Child Support Agency payments are deducted from benefit. In addition in areas where Jobcentre Plus is rolled-out and in Pathways to Work pilot areas incapacity benefit can also be reduced where a sanction is applied following non-compliance with the conditionality requirements of the benefit. The vast majority of cases have more than one reason for a deduction and it is not possible to disaggregate the information about all these reductions.
	
		Number of recipients with reductions made from incapacity benefit
		
			   Thousand 
			 As at August each year All recipients All reductions 
		
		
			 2001 1,581.5 338.7 
			 2002 1,587.7 341.6 
			 2003 1,574.8 330.9 
			 2004 1,549.5 294.7 
			 2005 1,500.6 272.4 
		
	
	Notes:
	1. All recipients" data is produced from WPLS 100 per cent. data. Rate reductions data has been produced from five per cent. sample data and rated up in accordance with WPLS totals.
	2. Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred and expressed in thousands.
	3. Figures may not sum due to rounding.
	4. 'Beneficiaries' figures exclude SDA and IB credits only cases.
	Source:
	DWP Information Directorate, Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100 per cent. and five per cent. sample data.

Housing

Sarah Teather: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many homes have been built for key workers under each of the (a) Intermediate Rent, (b) Homebuy New Build and (c) Mixed Funded for Sale programmes; how many have been sold or let under each programme; and in cases where homes have remained empty how long they have been empty, broken down by local authority.

Yvette Cooper: As at the end of February 2006, 2,817 homes have been built through the Key Worker Living Programme; 1,424 for Intermediate Rent of which 1,201 have been let; and 1,393 for low cost home ownership of which 615 have been sold. 15 per cent. of the homes that have not been let or sold were completed in the past 3 months. I will send the hon. Member a breakdown of the number of empty properties by local authority since October 2005.